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In this last episode of this series, we meditate on what it means to belong spiritually in a land that is not your home

This is part 2 of a 3 part series and in this episode we travel to a small village in Zimbabwe where we explore how spiritual lineages do not adhere to colonial borders.

In this 3 part series we are travelling to Zimbambwe to try to understand what the spiritual reality of the anti-immigration protests are.

A42 HOUSE MUSEUM hosted us for one of their regular book clubs, and we had an amazing, intimate deep dive into the realities of how surnames came about and the ways, good and bad, they affect our cultural and spiritual identities today.

In this episode, I wanted to trace the origins of what kept coming up in the last series, isithunywa

In Part 3 of this topic we spend time with the founders and congregants of the Seven Days Adventist Zion Church

In this episode, we spend time with Gogo Simenjalo and Gogo Zanemvula, a mother and daughter duo who use components of the Christian church and the bible as part of their healing practice

In this series we are exploring how healers balance African spirituality and Christianity. We will be attending different African Indigenous churches to try to get deeper understanding of this topic

This 3-part series is an in-depth exploration of the realities of the relationship between alcohol and spirituality in the practice of African culture

This 3-part series is an in-depth exploration of the realities of the relationship between alcohol and spirituality in the practice of African culture

This 3-part series is an in-depth exploration of the realities of the relationship between alcohol and spirituality in the practice of African culture

So this is part 2 of the topic of how the township destroyed African spirituality. It’s a conversation that I have been having with Bongisa Msuthu and Lerato Motshabi who are practitioners and academics within the architecture space.  In the previous episode we explored the historical context of African architecture and how it informed how people structured their lives from a cultural and spiritual perspective. In this episode we now delve deep into the origins of township architecture. How it came about. The intention behind it and how the world it created shaped our cultural and spiritual identity. Let’s get into it.

How did the physical structure of the township affect how black people navigated spirituality? Did it help to cultivate a better understanding of our connection to God or did it enforce a detrimental mindset?

I think spiritual burnout has led many people to make drastic decisions or to misinterpret their experiences. Some people left church because of spiritual burnout. Some people cut their beads, burnt their cloths and called ancestors demons because of spiritual burnout. In some cases the severity can lead to something that resembles a mental illness. […]

The vast majority of us will eventually find ourselves in some form of a crossroads in our spiritual journey. When we get to this point the decisions that we are faced with can sometimes make us doubt everything that we hold as not only true but also important about our beliefs. Can you think of a time in your life when you got to this point? I spoke to Gogo Moyo about how she dealt with the paradigm shifts that she faced in her journey as a Healer, a Gobela as well as one of the most prominent public figures within the spirituality space.